In all fairness though, I don't have good reasons to believe most of consensus science other than appeals to authoritative sources.<p>It gets me wondering how I could emperically test the things I supposedly know.
Flat earthers have an answer for every scientific question posed. Now suppose NASA Is faking every video etc.. There's no way Americas rivals Soviets, North Korea etc.. who have been or have satellites in space would collude with America to hide such information.
> "If schools were better at teaching analytical thinking, that might reduce the appeal of conspiracy theories. And it would not hurt if governments were more open and trustworthy."<p>Two big if's.
Site that I haven't visited in two months immediately hits me with a pay wall because I've "reached my article limit". Nice.<p>The issue itself is, of course, ridiculous. I'd really like to read the actual article, but apparently, I'm not.
Neil deGrasse Tyson weighs in on this: <a href="https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/934906611088359426" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/934906611088359426</a>
I blame facebook. Theres hundreds of these flat earth groups and other junk about vaccines and "gang stalking" .
It's all completely unchecked filter bubbles.